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EPA/OW RIN: 2040-AG17 Publication ID: Spring 2023 
Title: Water Quality Standards Regulatory Revisions to Protect Tribal Reserved Rights 
Abstract: Many tribes hold reserved rights to resources on lands and waters where states establish water quality standards, through treaties, statutes, or other sources of federal law. The U.S. Constitution defines treaties as the supreme law of the land. EPA is pursuing a change to its water quality standards regulations to ensure that water quality standards do not impair tribal reserved rights by giving clear direction on how to develop water quality standards where tribes hold reserved rights. This will help EPA ensure protection of resources reserved to tribes in treaties, statutes, or other sources of federal law when establishing, revising, and reviewing water quality standards. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131   
Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1371   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/05/2022  87 FR 74361   
NPRM Comment Period End  03/06/2023 
Final Rule  12/00/2023 
Additional Information: OW-2021-0791.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: https://www.epa.gov/wqs-tech/revising-federal-water-quality-standards-regulations-protect-tribal-reserved-rights   Public Comment URL: https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0791  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Jennifer Brundage
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Water
4305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 566-1265
Email: brundage.jennifer@epa.gov

Erica Fleisig
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Water
4305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 566-1057
Email: fleisig.erica@epa.gov